Manager of FPSRussia found murdered

Originally posted by ecoparity
The family is hardly an unbiased source which is why we have homicide investigators and autopsy. If he was tied to a chair I doubt there would have
been any hesitation labeling it a wrongful death so I'm guessing that report is false.

Other than suicide there's also the possibility of accidental self inflicted gunshot. They did state he had multiple weapons around him when found so
I wouldn't rule that out yet either.

I know it's not as sexy as the infowars version but I've learned to verify everything for myself and not rely on any media outlet, especially
inforwars for my news.

he had weapons around him, but none were out/in a position of being used. Hence why they dont think suicide is a likely option

FPSRussia is a Youtube channel, basically FPSRussia shows all kinds of firearms and shoots them off. Mostly high grade military weapons like AR-15s
and AK-47s.

Not got for FPS I've been to his Youtube channel and watched his videos many times. Kind of strange someone would target his "manager". The manager
must have upset someone, and since they are from Russia could be some kind of a mob hit or where ever/whoever they are getting their weapons from
didn't get payment for the last shipment. Either way, not good.

Wow, I don't know what to think about this. Can we be sure that ANY of this information is correct?

I mean I read 3 and a half pages of this thread before I had to stop..., every other poster was posting how they felt bad FPS Russia was dead. I mean
WTF? It's in the Thread title..., IT WAS NOT FPSRUSSIA that DIED. IT WAS HIS MANAGER.

Good grief.., if this is how information is gotten and passed along over the internet, it worse than the worst game of "telephone" ever. This is why
you can't believe anything you hear.

Over the last, I dunno, 10 years there's been other shootings like this if it was as described- people tied to chairs, shot in the back of the head,
execution style - here in Georgia. The drug gangs do that.

I hear stuff...Mexican gangs operating here, m13 is here and local gangs that spring up... local lowlifes get hooked on meth and tie themselves up in
the mess for drugs, money, at first maybe even a place to crash. You never know though who these guys are connected to at the top, maybe one can put
pressure on someone to provide something and kill them in the name of the gang but it also serves another agenda so the kill gets a pass from on up
the chain.

It's all rumors, stuff I hear from locals, as illusive as smoke maybe, because you can tell in talking to people, they KNOW something, but are
terrified to say exactly what.. But there's been other cases in Georgia like this and no one was ever convicted, other cases it was gang related.

I mean, just personally, that's where I'd look first...if the guy somehow got tangled up in one of the drug/gun gangs...even a local gang like the
Cedartown gang that I *THINK* they thought was taken down.

Just speculation but watch this end up being some anti gun nut. Trying to prove gun crime is bad by killing people with guns. However, it's sad to see
anyone killed in general. I don't follow the FPSRussia channel but I'd imagine it'll take quite a toll on the channel.

"2 major guys from the gun industry"? DO you have the mind of a child? This guy shot guns and posted videos to youtube, is that what you think a
"Big Guy" in the gun industry does... HAAA HAAAA HAAAA. By your ridiculous logic then the next cat I see playing piano must be the president of PETA
right?... ATS: define ignorance.......

I think you just showed more ignorance than any other poster I have ever seen on ATS.
I'm sure some other member has corrected your (lack of) understanding on this matter.

Back to the OP, I wonder if anyone will step in to supply Mr, FPS now?
And maybe they should investigate that guy who said they should kill all gun owners, who was that again, a reporter, or columnist?

That is strange. FPSRussia's comment on﻿ his video from a week ago "50 CAL SNIPER SLOW-MO!".

"Just do what﻿ they say its getting scary..."

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If you go to that vid and actually read the rest of the comments below it, you will see where there is a barrage of ppl saying to follow@theFPSshow on
Twitter, some even saying if you dont your dog will die and other stuff. To me that reply, you and other posters on here are talking about, is in
direct response to that and not some "mob threats"

Originally posted by ufohunter16
I love FPSRussia. He better be careful. Whoever killed his manager will probably get him next if reason is given. Unless of course this was a robbery
gone wrong.

Even one of the OPs links does mention possible robbery gone wrong, im leaning away from robbery as being a motive because of this comment made by the
sheriff on the WLHR news page

Investigators, Thomas said, determined Ratliff had died of a single gunshot to the head and that his body been there for some time. Thomas said
investigators found numerous guns in the area where Ratliff’s body was found.

What kind of robber would break into a house, tie up the person, shoot them and then leave with several thousands of dollars worth of firearms left at
the scene?

I am pretty concerned that there are people on here suggesting suicide as a possibility. The article clearly states that according to the current
information, the dead man was shot in the BACK of the head. Unless the fellow was a fan of Heath Robinson, I very much doubt that he committed
suicide. Shooting ones self in the back of the head, ranks right up there with running oneself over with ones own car in terms of its being about as
likely.

I really would love to know why it is, that people choose not to read the source articles carefully enough. This is a basic matter of English
comprehension, and aside from the dark nature of the source material, this is primary school level stuff. We arent reading Chaucer here for gods sake,
its a bloody news article written by someone who only expresses a rudimentary vocabulary, and a totally standard style of composition, in terms of the
way they write.

I know that the membership are capable of reading the article correctly, so why is it that they can post such daft suggestions?

FPS Industries is the company Keith owned with collaboration possibly from Kyle (fake Russian). fpsindustries.com...

"Kitty Wandel, a manager and producer at FPS Industires, told Guns.com that Ratliff, besides being a partner in the company, is credited with finding
hard-to-find weapons for the show, and, according to his LinkedIn profile, he did social media marketing, content production and internet
consulting." www.guns.com...

Apparently they started producing super-high quality AR-15 lower receivers.
$200 each all CNC machined and Very nice. youtu.be...

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